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"to stretch out" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
伸直 shēn zhí to straighten / to stretch out syn
延展 yán zhǎn to extend / to stretch out
伸开 伸開 shēn kāi to stretch out (one's arms or legs etc)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
淘汰 táo tài to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out syn
发出 發出 fā chū to issue (an order, decree etc) / to send out / to dispatch / to produce (a sound) / to let out (a laugh) syn
出局 chū jú (of a batter) to be put out (in baseball) / to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out / to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
整理 zhěng lǐ to arrange / to tidy up / to sort out / to straighten out / to list systematically / to collate (data, files) / to pack (luggage) syn
爆发 爆發 bào fā to break out / to erupt / to explode / to burst out syn
展开 展開 zhǎn kāi to unfold / to spread out / to open up / to launch / to carry out syn
着手 著手 zhuó shǒu to put one's hand to it / to start out on a task / to set out syn
取出 qǔ chū to take out / to extract / to draw out
百分之百 bǎi fēn zhī bǎi a hundred percent / out and out / absolutely syn
透顶 透頂 tòu dǐng out-and-out / thoroughly syn
漏掉 lòu diào to miss / to leave out / to omit / to be omitted / to be missing / to slip through / to leak out / to seep away syn
走动 走動 zǒu dòng to walk around / to move about / to stretch one's legs / to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another / to socialize / to pay a visit (go to the toilet) syn
出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than syn
伸手 shēn shǒu to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle syn
偏偏 piān piān (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people syn
彻头彻尾 徹頭徹尾 chè tóu chè wěi lit. from head to tail (idiom) / thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom syn
熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished syn
半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb syn
试探 試探 shì tàn to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out syn
挤出 擠出 jǐ chū to squeeze out / to extrude / to drain / to find the time / to burst out syn
倾倒 傾倒 qīng dào to dump / to pour out / to empty out syn
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn
出炉 出爐 chū lú to take out of the furnace / fresh out of the oven / fig. newly announced / recently made available
熄灯 熄燈 xī dēng turn out the lights / lights out
大片 dà piàn wide expanse / large area / vast stretch / extending widely / blockbuster movie
不合 bù hé to not conform to / to be unsuited to / to be out of keeping with / should not / ought out syn
熄火 xī huǒ (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall
不折不扣 bù zhé bù kòu a hundred percent / to the letter / out-and-out syn
放风 放風 fàng fēng to allow in fresh air / to allow a prisoner out for exercise / to give out information syn
横跨 橫跨 héng kuà to span / to stretch across / to travel across syn
舒展 shū zhǎn to roll out / to extend / to smooth out / to unfold syn
通融 tōng róng flexible / to accommodate / to stretch or get around regulations / a short-term loan syn
叫唤 叫喚 jiào huan to cry out / to bark out a sound syn
一口气 一口氣 yī kǒu qì one breath / in one breath / at a stretch syn
理顺 理順 lǐ shùn to straighten out / to sort out / to organize syn
伸长 伸長 shēn cháng to stretch / to extend syn
涌出 湧出 yǒng chū to gush / to gush out / to pour out syn
拿出 ná chū to take out / to put out / to provide / to put forward (a proposal) / to come up with (evidence) syn
拉平 lā píng to bring to the same level / to even up / to flare out / to flatten out syn
呕心沥血 嘔心瀝血 ǒu xīn lì xuè lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears syn
在野 zài yě to be out of (political) office / to be out of power syn
绵延 綿延 mián yán (esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous / to stretch long and unbroken syn
开挖 開挖 kāi wā to dig out / to excavate / to scoop out / to start digging syn
一气 一氣 yī qì at one go / at a stretch / for a period of time / forming a gang syn
懒腰 懶腰 lǎn yāo a stretch (of one's body)
知难而退 知難而退 zhī nán ér tuì lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) / fig. to back out of an awkward situation / to get out on finding out what it's really like syn
脱销 脫銷 tuō xiāo to sell out / to run out (of supplies) / deficient / lack of supplies syn
出笼 出籠 chū lóng (of food) to be taken out of the steamer / (fig.) (often used with 紛紛|纷纷[fen1 fen1]) (of products, information etc) to appear / to emerge / to come out / (fig.) to dump / to inundate the market
伸懒腰 伸懶腰 shēn lǎn yāo to stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc) syn
万人空巷 萬人空巷 wàn rén kōng xiàng the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate) / the whole town turns out syn
一望无垠 一望無垠 yī wàng wú yín to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom) syn
赤膊上阵 赤膊上陣 chì bó shàng zhèn lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom) / fig. to go all out / to come out in the open syn
开票 開票 kāi piào to open ballot boxes / to count votes / to make out a voucher or invoice etc / to write out a receipt
冬笋 冬筍 dōng sǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) syn
点题 點題 diǎn tí to bring out the main theme / to make the point / to bring out the substance concisely
掏出 tāo chū to fish out / to take out (from a pocket, bag etc)
想出 xiǎng chū to figure out / to work out (a solution etc) / to think up / to come up with (an idea etc)
喷出 噴出 pēn chū spout / spray / belch / to well up / to puff out / to spurt out
紧绷 緊繃 jǐn bēng to stretch taut / (of muscles etc) taut / strained / tense
拉伸 lā shēn to draw / to stretch
绷紧 繃緊 bēng jǐn to stretch taut
戏说 戲說 xì shuō dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest syn
发飙 發飆 fā biāo to flip out / to act out violently
打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc)
跨海大桥 跨海大橋 kuà hǎi dà qiáo bay bridge (elevated bridge across stretch of water)
寻出 尋出 xún chū to find out / to search out / to uncover / to discover
售罄 shòu qìng to be completely sold out / to sell out syn
断档 斷檔 duàn dàng sold out / to be out of stock
绵亘 綿亙 mián gèn to stretch in an unbroken chain (esp. of mountains) syn
探 tàn to explore / to search out / to scout / to visit / to stretch forward syn
倒 dào to invert / to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out / to dump / inverted / upside down / reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect / but / yet syn
演 yǎn to perform (a play etc) / to stage (a show) / (bound form) to develop / to play out / to carry out (a task) syn
抽 chōu to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / (of certain plants) to sprout or bud / to whip or thrash syn
吐 tǔ to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances) syn
租 zū to hire / to rent / to charter / to rent out / to lease out / rent / land tax syn
引 yǐn to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters syn
伸 shēn to stretch / to extend syn
拔 bá to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize syn
灭 滅 miè to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown syn
绷 繃 bēng to draw tight / to stretch taut / to tack (with thread or pin) / (bound form) embroidery hoop / (bound form) woven bed mat syn
熄 xī to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn
舒 shū to stretch / to unfold / to relax / leisurely
择 擇 zhái to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to take out / to eliminate syn
尽心尽力 盡心盡力 jìn xīn jìn lì making an all-out effort (idiom) / to try one's heart out / to do one's utmost syn
蹿 躥 cuān to leap up / (coll.) to gush out / to spurt out syn
发飚 發飆 fā biāo to flip out / to act out violently / also written 發飆|发飚[fa1 biao1]
抻 chēn to pull / to stretch / to draw sth out syn
剜 wān to scoop out / to gouge out syn
挤垮 擠垮 jǐ kuǎ to squash / to crush / to squeeze out of business / to drive out
倒空 dào kōng to empty (a bag) / to turn inside out / to turn out
套问 套問 tào wèn to sound sb out / to find out by tactful indirect questioning
抉 jué to pick out / to single out
楦 xuàn to block (a hat) / to stretch (a shoe) syn
揸 zhā to stretch fingers out
一 yī one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit syn
看 kàn to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for syn
开 開 kāi to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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